Connecticut western news., 1887-01-05
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1887.
Local News.

Servant wanted-see advertisement. Wood choppers waatel-see alv. -G. B. Gardner and family moved to Coxsackie. N r., this week.
 John H. Poet of New York visited relatives in town over New Years.
 We received pleasant call yester- day from Geo. c. Harrison of West Cornwall.
 Not ..Lo the poor Indian," but Lo the old bachelor Is afflicted with erysipe las in one eye.
 Horace B. Stevens is equipping his residsuca with furnace, one of G. P. Strong's best heaters.
 -"Jim" Rodemeyer went to Norwalk last Saturday, to be land raise) the devil in the Norwalk Gaz-tte office.
 Mir and Mrs Cassimere Boinay will move into their new house next Satur- day or Monday.
 The week of prayer Is being ob-
 
 served by meetings held every evening this week iu he Methodist church.
 Some correspondence, quite num- Der of local items and other articles are unavoidably deferred, but will appear next week.
 -R.v Robert A. Hume of New Haven, missionary, will preach in the Congregational church, at East Canaan, next Sunday.
 Patrick Finnegan, section foreman on the H X 0 w railroad, has purchased of J. B. Reed two building lots on Reed street, and ~ill soon build a Sl,20O house on one of the lots.
 Steinway and Mathushek pianos, Es- tey and Mason X Hamlin organs rented or sold on instalments by Capewell, the jeweler and music dealer, West Winsted, Conn.
 The town of Sharon, at a meeting held last Monday. instructed its repre-. sentatives in the legislature to oppose all measures for the longer maintenance of Litchfeld as the county seat.
 George F. Dunning of New York, with his daughters, Mrs Dow and Miss Fanny Dunning of Pennington, Conn.,, and Miss A. O. B. Dunning of Canaan celebrated New Years at Miss S. w. Adams.
 Miss Bridget Kane was taken to the insane asylum at Middletown yester day where she can have proper care. Her early recovery is expected as sht manifested no. symptoms of brair trouble until last week.
 MT and Mrs J. w. Peet commenced housekeeping again last week, this tim, in their bran new cottage. the interior of which is virtually completed. although the exterior has not been painted.
 -"Unele Toms Cabin" was playe, at the town hall Saturday evening b, Marsden < Burrill's troupe. Most O the parts were we'll sustained and ren dered to the satisfaction of the au dience.
 The Kingston Freeman reports tn truth when it says that every local pape gives from one to five thousand dollar in free lines for the sole benefit of tn town Tn which it is located No othe agency can or will do this.
 Pat Maloney's Irish Comedy com pany drew crowded house at the tow hall last evening They delighted tn audience for they gave an entertalnmer that will please the masses. To Fall Village people we would say. go an see them tonight and they twill mak it pleasant for you"
 Henry J. Holt, formerly of Wey Norfolk, writes us December 2Sth, fror Hays City, Kansas. We quote the fo lowing paragraph from his letter "With the exception of a severe storr the middle of November We have had mild open winter so far.
 Henry Goodro. formerly of tn place, writes us under date of Decen Der 26th. from Hinesburgh, Vt, whel he has been employed the past year c more, as follows: I have bought blacksmith shop here and am doing good business I employ a man stead and have all we can both do most of tn time. My best wishes to you and a my other friends in Canaan.
 A J.Spurr,o of Chapinville had quit an adventure ou Tuesday, D .cem be 2Sth, while harvesting ice on Hamma, town pond. He hal removed sufficieu ice to leave an opening about fifteen fe, square in the pond. and as he was loa, ing into the rear of the sleigh his hors suddenly backed. crowliug him into til opening. ani sleigh and both horses fo louei suit A man saving ice near l soon pulled Mir Spur ont of the wate but it was over an hour before sufficiel help arrived to rescue the horses, whic struggled violently, and had to | choked into temporary insensibility b, fors they coull bs drawn out of tt vN1er.
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